Clif, Thank you for your help.....I am looking forward to getting started. I guess it really is detective work.....so it shuld be educational and fun. thanks again ! Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clif Hinds" <hindsclif@yahoo.com> To: <HINDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [HINDS] Draper Manuscripts > Jerry, > I started in the late 1980s. I knew very little about my family. Dad > had some information, but it turned out that not all of the word of mouth > information was correct. I took what I knew and basically wrote it down. > I also kept what I had been told, but in another file. > I knew certain information about my great grandfather's service in the > Civil War, but not much. I got a copy of his death certificate and his > military history (copies from the National Archives) and started piecing > things together. > I did some major guessing in the process of learning more. The > guesses or hunches were based on what I knew. Some times I got lucky and > other times not. Sometimes I learned things that did not quite fit in at > the time. I saved the information on the chance that it would prove > useful eventually. > On my grandad's death certificate, I learned his parents names > (Including mother's maiden name) and their place of birth. I went to > everything I could find including Census records and found where (for me > within the state of Pennsylvania) my gg grandfather and gg grandmother's > families (People with that family name) lived in the same place. I > started piecing the puzzle together from both ends. With a lot of work > and luck, I have a pretty good record back before the American > Revolution. > I have traveled a lot on my job. I used that opportunity to go into > libraries in several towns and cities. I had limited time, so I > restricted my research to publications that had indexes. I did not have > enough time to read an entire book only to learn it had nothing pertinent > to my family. > Hopefully this has been of some help to you. > Clif > > Jerry Hinds <jerryhinds@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Cliff, > > My name is jerry Hinds. Can you help me by giving me an idea of how tro > start to trace my family history? Thank you. > > Jerry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clif Hinds" > To: > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: [HINDS] Draper Manuscripts > > >> Barbara, >> I have looked all over the web. The thought of inter-library loan is a >> possible, but we live in a really backward area. I like this part of >> Tennessee, but it's like living in the 50's. OOPS, did I say that!!!!!! >> >> Clif >> >> Barbara Finney wrote: >> I gather that these papers are in my local library and perhaps also one >> near to you. I will make a note to look at the Thomas S. Hinde Papers in >> the Draper Manuscript collection. Thanks for the tip. See the following >> page from the Wisconsin Historical Society web site for other locations: >> >> The Draper Manuscripts Additional Resources >> The following libraries have purchased complete microfilm sets of the >> Draper Manuscripts: >> >> Alabama: Birmingham Public Library (Birmingham); University of Alabama >> (Tuscaloosa); Auburn University (Auburn); Huntsville Public Library >> (Huntsville). >> >> Arkansas: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville). >> >> California: Huntington Library (San Marino); University of California >> (Berkeley); University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara); >> University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA); University of Southern >> California (Los Angeles); Carlsbad City Library (Carlsbad). >> >> Colorado: Denver Public Library (Denver). >> >> District of Colombia: Library of Congress (Washington); DAR Library >> (Washington). >> >> Florida: Florida State University (Tallahassee); Miami-Dade Public >> Library >> (Miami); University of Central Florida (Orlando). >> >> Georgia: Emory University (Atlanta); University of Georgia (Athens). >> >> Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield); Northern >> Illinois University (DeKalb); Newberry Library (Chicago); University of >> Chicago (Chicago). >> >> Indiana: Ball State University (Muncie); Indiana State Library >> (Indianapolis); Indiana University (Bloomington); Public Library of Fort >> Wayne and Allen County (Fort Wayne); Purdue University (Lafayette); >> Vincennes Public Library (Vincennes). >> >> Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City). >> >> Kansas: University of Kansas (Lawrence); Wichita Public Library >> (Wichita). >> >> Kentucky: Filson Club (Louisville); Kentucky Historical Society >> (Frankfort); Murray State University (Murray); Kentucky State Department >> of Libraries (Frankfort); University of Kentucky (Lexington); Eastern >> Kentucky University (Richmond); Western Kentucky University (Bowling >> Green). >> >> Louisiana: Alexandria Historical and Genealogical Library (Alexandria); >> Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge). >> >> Massachusetts: Harvard University (Cambridge); Boston Public Library >> (Boston). >> >> Michigan: Wayne State University (Detroit). >> >> Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul). >> >> Mississippi: Mississippi State Department of Archives and History >> (Jackson); University of Mississippi (University). >> >> Missouri: State Historical Society of Missouri (Columbia); Southwest >> Missouri State University (Springfield); Mid Continent Public Library >> (Independence); Truman State University (Kirksville). >> >> Nebraska: University of Nebraska (Lincoln). >> >> New Jersey: Princeton University (Princeton). >> >> New York: New York Public Library (New York). >> >> New Mexico: University of New Mexico (Albuquerque). >> >> North Carolina: Duke University (Durham) and the University of North >> Carolina (Chapel Hill); each hold about half the series, a planned >> acquisition which together constitutes a complete set; Charlotte Public >> Library (Charlotte). >> >> Ohio: Ohio University (Athens); Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton >> County (Cincinnati); Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland); Ohio >> Historical Society (Columbus); Wright State University (Dayton); Bowling >> Green State University. >> >> Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma (Norman); Oklahoma State University >> (Stillwater); Tulsa City-County Library (Tulsa) >> >> Pennsylvania: East Stroudsburg University (East Stroudsburg); Mansfield >> University (Mansfield); David Library of the American Revolution >> (Washington Crossing). >> >> South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Archives and History >> (Columbia); Winthrop College (Rock Hill). >> >> Tennessee: Memphis-Shelby County Public Library (Memphis); Memphis State >> University (Memphis); Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville); >> Knox County Public Library (Knoxville); University of Tennessee >> (Knoxville); East Tennessee State University (Johnson City); Tennessee >> Technological University (Cookeville). >> >> Texas: Dallas Public Library (Dallas); Clayton Library (Houston); Rice >> University (Houston); San Antonio Public Library; West Texas State >> University (Canyon). >> >> Utah: Family History Library (Salt Lake City); Heritage Quest/American >> Genealogical Lending Library (Bountiful); University of Utah (Salt Lake >> City). >> >> Virginia: Virginia State Archives (Richmond); Virginia State Library >> (Richmond); Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg); University of >> Virginia (Charlottesville); Washington and Lee University (Lexington); >> College of William and Mary (Williamsburg). >> >> Washington: Central Washington State (Ellensburg). >> >> West Virginia: Marshall University (Huntington); West Virginia Institute >> of Technology (Montgomery); West Virginia University (Morgantown); >> Surveyor of Lands of Berkeley County (Martinsburg). >> >> Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison); University of >> Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee). >> >> Canada: University of New Brunswick (Fredericton). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. 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